Ultimately, the bilateral free trade agreements made by our governments aggregate even more power in the hands of already powerful and destructive transnational corporations, and lead to serious declines in the welfare of citizens.

We urge you to learn more about the impacts of past free trade agreements and join Global Exchange in action against any new bi-lateral trade agreements that put corporate profit ahead of the needs of human beings and the planet.

	Republicans Grow Skeptical On Free Trade!
	Challenge the Free Trade Model
	As expected in 2007, the Bush administration has introduced to Congress a number of bi-lateral trade agreements modeled almost exactly on NAFTA, the trade deal that wreaked havoc on the US and Mexican economies. These trade agreements – between the US and Panama, Peru, Colombia and South Korea – are strongly opposed by religious, labor, political and Indigenous community groups in those countries.
	NAFTA
	The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. gives corporations rights at the expense of democracy in all three countries – and has caused job loss and environmental destruction in all three countries.
	The FTAA
	The Free Trade Area of the Americas. Negotiations are underway to expand the disastrous NAFTA model by creating a "free trade" zone from Argentina to Alaska. But citizens across the hemisphere are uniting to stop this corporate juggernaut.
	CAFTA
	The Central American Free Trade Agreement will expand the failed NAFTA model to Central America. In spite of massive citizen mobilization, CAFTA passed the US Congress in July, 2006 by a mere vote.
	AFTA
	The Andean Free Trade Agreement would expand the failed NAFTA model to the Andean nations of South America. Find out what you can do to stop this stepping stone to the FTAA.